Panama-LizaHernandez

=**Panama**= Panamá country is considered the bridge between Central and South America. Located next to Colombia and Costa Rica, Panama is better known as the country in which the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean combine. Panama`s greatest innovation was “The Canals”, in which the biggest exportations around the world go through every year. Also, seen as the Miami of Central America, because of its advanced urbanization, which has caused a lower birth rate, lower taxes, higher incomes and also International issues that has affected the Consumer Credit Market. Even though the country does not receive big investments due to the Drug Traficant problem brought by the Colombians, it is still considered to be the high-end country of the South American nations. o population: 3,510,045o birth rate: 19.17o death rate: 4.69o net migration rate: -0.38o infant mortality rate: 11.32o population growth rate: 1.41o life expectancy: 77.96o doubling time
 * __ INTRODUCTION __**


 * __ STATISTICS __**

Panama`s population is around 3, 510, 045 people which was an estimate done in July 2012. In comparison to the world it stands in the 132nd place. This is due because Panama has a variety of habitants. Starting of with the native Panamanians, the urban Panama, which is catalogued as the second Miami area of the world, and the international section, which are mostly Americans and Europeans. The citizens do have access to good health care, private and public education as well as nutrition. The region being in between the equator and south area of the world, is an advantage to help grow a variety of crops in the region. An example, of the good public health that is available to the citizens is the birth rate compared to the death rate in which birth rate is 14. 48% higher per every 1000 citizens. Also, another example is the infant mortality rate during and after birth is 11.32% per every 1000 people. This shows that the country has the high tech available for medical use.

As for the Net Migration Rate, although Panama does have a high tourism, due to the low international resources, tourists do not like to invest in the country. But, even though Panama has increased their tourism through the boost of high quality urban city, the population growth rate barely is 1.41% standing as 88th in the whole world. For example, hospital wise, the country has a ratio of 2.2 beds pero every 1000 citizens, meaning that most citizens are treated through medical herbs or are able to pay private hospitals.

The most important economic help to Panama is The Canals, which only help in the public area. Citizens are pleased because there is no high tax and life expectancy here is very high, creating a very high variety of young and old population. The variety is due to the longevity of the Native Panamanians and the young life is due to the early school drop outs that prefer to work than any free education.


 * __ DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODEL __**



Panama, stands in the third Stage according to the Demographic Transition model. This means that the country has started to lower its birth rates but at the same time population stability has centered. For example, the population in the Panamanian rural areas has started to realize that a high amount of kids is a decline to food and money. Also, the increase in the urban population changes the views of lifestyle in the citizens. For example, people start to focus more on easier lifestyle, traveling, self-economy, having a small family equal’s higher income and better living. The decrease of birth rates also helps decrease the death rates and older kids above 13 to be orphans.

As the birth rates lowers, also women start to become part of the working area. This helps the single mother, or independent woman to focus more on power and female growth. Although, Panama does have a high young population, by the end of stage 3, this country will start to see less and less of this percentage of young people. It can affect in the fact that no motivation to innovate the country and to keep it in a constant high tech and evolutionary economic transition, can later cause a high impact in the near future. Probably their could be a high advantage for the country to be at this stage, but will affect in the long run.


 * __ MAJOR POPULATION ISSUES __**

Being one of the closest neighbors of the biggest narcotic country, since the beginning of the Drug Master mind Mr. Pablo Escobar, Panama first and important issue is Narcotics operation guided by Colombia. Since the early 1970`s, Panama has had a drug fight against cocaine transshipment and money-laundering. This affects the economy and the countries international consumer credit market and investment because people are now afraid to move into a similar situation once seen in the neighbor country of Colombia. It’s a huge disadvantage of Panama to be its neighbor because even after so many fights the country has not been able to control the drug selling and transition.

Another major problem of the country is the HIV rate that has increased over the past four years. Central America, after the African countries has suffered a high population infection through the use of drugs and the constant young adult sexual exploitation. Panama stands in the 52nd country with HIV population. The estimated number of people infected is about 20,000 with a HIV mortality rate of 0.9% per every 1000 citizens.


 * __ PANAMA`S MAP __**




 * __ PICTURES OF POPULATION ISSUES __**




 * __The urban city of Panama,__**




 * __The native Panamanians__**




 * __Panamanian Folkloric Festivities__**